Data for 2005

Judicial Constraints on the Executive Index, 2005

Name: Judicial Constraints on the Executive Index, 2005
Creator: V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
License: https://v-dem.net/data/the-v-dem-dataset/

2005, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Judicial Constraints on the Executive Index, 2005 covers 175 countries. Australia is highest, at 0.990; North Korea is lowest, at 0.004. The middle country reads 0.658. Against 2004, 50 values changed (31 up, 19 down), the same countries are covered.

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Judicial Constraints on the Executive Index · Data for 2005

HighestAustralia

0.990

LowestNorth Korea

0.004

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the better end.

175countries
1measure
2005the year it describes
156distinct values3 decimals, as published
Sep 26, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY-SA 4.0licence

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Judicial Constraints on the Executive Index, 2005, as published. V-Dem Institute ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

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Judicial Constraints on the Executive Index, 2005: every country, as published by V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg.
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1	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.990
2	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.988
3	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.987
4	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.984
5	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.974
6	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.973
=7	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.968
=7	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.968
9	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.963
10	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.960
11	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.955
12	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.953
=13	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.952
=13	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.952
15	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.950
=16	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.949
=16	United States`USA`Northern America	0.949
18	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.944
19	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.942
=20	Chile`CHL`South America	0.940
=20	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.940
22	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.936
23	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.933
24	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.927
25	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.925
26	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.917
27	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.914
28	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.912
29	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.909
30	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.906
31	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.904
32	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.894
33	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.892
34	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.890
35	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.889
36	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.883
=37	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.882
=37	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.882
39	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.878
40	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.877
41	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.873
42	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.872
=43	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.864
=43	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.864
45	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.863
46	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.862
47	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.855
48	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.850
=49	Peru`PER`South America	0.846
=49	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	0.846
51	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.845
52	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.841
53	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.839
54	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.834
55	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.827
=56	Colombia`COL`South America	0.821
=56	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.821
58	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.819
59	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.815
60	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.797
61	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.793
62	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.784
63	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.769
64	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.768
65	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	0.766
=66	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.761
=66	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.761
=68	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.757
=68	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.757
70	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.748
71	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.746
72	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.740
=73	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.738
=73	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.738
=73	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.738
76	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.723
77	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.719
=78	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.717
=78	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.717
80	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.709
81	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.707
82	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.687
83	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.684
84	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.679
85	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.671
86	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.667
87	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.665
88	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.658
89	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.649
=90	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.648
=90	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.648
92	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.647
93	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.646
94	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.645
95	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.638
96	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.635
97	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.631
98	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.626
99	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.624
100	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.589
101	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.588
102	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.569
103	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.568
104	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.567
105	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.559
106	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.558
107	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.554
108	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.541
109	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.526
110	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.512
111	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.500
112	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.490
113	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.464
=114	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.433
=114	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.433
116	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.416
117	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.410
118	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.405
119	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.399
120	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.382
121	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.366
122	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.362
123	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.348
124	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.330
125	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.323
126	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.322
127	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.314
128	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.300
129	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.283
130	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.261
131	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.253
132	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.252
133	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.251
134	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.245
135	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.244
136	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.237
137	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.226
=138	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.223
=138	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.223
140	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.220
141	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.213
142	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.211
143	Somaliland`XSL`Eastern Africa	0.207
144	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.183
145	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.181
146	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.173
147	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.167
148	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.163
149	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.159
150	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.155
151	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.148
152	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.127
153	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.123
=154	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.122
=154	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.122
156	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.114
157	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.109
158	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.108
=159	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.097
=159	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.097
161	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.095
162	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.094
=163	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.093
=163	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.093
165	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.091
166	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.065
167	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.052
168	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.050
169	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.049
170	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.043
171	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.037
172	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.029
173	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.018
174	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.006
175	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.004

02In 2005

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Australia0.990
2Denmark0.988
3Switzerland0.987
4Norway0.984
5New Zealand0.974

Lowest

175North Korea0.004
174Eritrea0.006
173Uzbekistan0.018
172Turkmenistan0.029
171Myanmar0.037

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.658. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032004 → 2005

Since 2004

What changed between 2004 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
50values changed, of 175 in both
31 · 19rose · fell
125unchanged

Rose most

Vietnam0.090 → 0.211+0.121
Georgia0.438 → 0.541+0.103
Brazil0.825 → 0.925+0.100
Romania0.609 → 0.709+0.100
Sudan0.021 → 0.097+0.076

Fell most

Burundi0.566 → 0.245−0.321
China0.297 → 0.109−0.188
Venezuela0.156 → 0.050−0.106
Ukraine0.386 → 0.283−0.103
Panama0.642 → 0.567−0.075

Both years come from the same release, so a difference here is a change in the data, not a revision of it. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

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What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

How values are stored

One year of the 2026 release
Every year in this series comes from V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 2005.
156 distinct values among 175
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 3 countries share 0.738. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
The position is ours
V-Dem Institute publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 175 countries has every column.

05The files

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V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg (2005). Judicial Constraints on the Executive Index, 2005 [data set], describing 2005. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/judicial-constraints/2005

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